Engineering Academy places 2nd in state competition

HTHS Engineering Academy members at the State Technology Student Association Competition.

The Hewitt-Trussville High Engineering Academy students competed at the State Technology Student Association (TSA) Competition at the BJCC on April 17-18. The students competed in a variety of engineering and leadership activities.

The HTHS team placed second overall in the state competition.

Architectural Computer Aided Design

Students had four hours to design a three-story townhouse to meet several design constraints. Students had to create an original design and a complete set of drawings. After completing their designs, students had to defend their design to a panel of judges.

1st Place in State - Jaden Arnold

2nd Place - Nathan Gudgen

3D Computer Aided Engineering Design

Students had to create a 3D model utilizing the latest engineering software. Students had four hours to design a tablet that could be safely used by toddlers. After completing their designs, students had to defend their designs to a panel of judges.

1st Place - Lucas Campbell

4th Place - Robin Dunn

Children's Story

Students had to write an original children's story with a technology theme. The book had to be bound and had to include electronics.

1st Place in State - Cameron Gallups, Abigail Williamson

CO2 Dragster Design

Students designed and built a balsa wood dragster that was powered by CO2 cartridges.

1st Place - Lucas Campbell

Essays on Technology

Students were given several news articles concerning internet safety. Students had to read the articles and write a paper defending the side of the issue that they chose.

3rd Place - Abigail Williamson

7th Place - Cameron Gallups

Extemporaneous Presentation

Students were given a choice of three different technology topics. They had only 15 minutes to prepare a 3-5 minute presentation. Students then had to present their topic to a team of judges.

4th Place in State - Christian Nichols

System Control Technology

Students had to design and construct a device using motors and sensors to simulate a parking lot control system. They had to model a system that would limit parking to 10 cars and would not let any other cars enter until someone left.

1st place - Sam Cork, Lucas Cramer, Strickland White

3rd place - McBrooks, Will Bradley, Ayrton Purdy

Technology Bowl

Students had to participate in a “Jeopardy” type game, competing against other schools in technology questions.

3rd place - Jake Morris, Carson McCombs, Abigail Williamson

Architectural Modeling

Students had to design and model a house that utilized two shipping containers. Student teams first utilized 3D architectural design software to design their container home. They then had to construct a scale mode of their design to present to the judges.

1st Place - Ryan Payant, Noah Rigg, Jaden Arnold

2nd Place - Abigail Williamson, Nathan Gudgen, Reagan Shoop

3rd Place - Robin Dunn, Cameron Gallups, Abby Manscill

Computer Coding

Students were given two computer coding problems and had to solve the problems by writing original computer programs.

5th Place - Carson McCombs and Seth McGill

Video Game Design

Students had to design and code an original computer game.

8th Place - Carson McCombs and Seth McGill

Prepared Presentation

Students had to prepare a PowerPoint presentation on the theme of the "Future of Technology"

4th Place - Sam Cork

Vex Robotics

Students had to design and build a robot that would compete to perform several different tasks to score points. The Hewitt-Trussville Middle School Robotics team competed in the High School Division.